Halter



(No Model.)

0. H. TROTT.

HALTER.

Patented Sept. '13, 1881.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. TROTT, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

HALTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 246,922, datedSeptember 13, 1881.

Application filed April 11, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. TROTT, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain I mprovementsin Halters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, makin gpart of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View ofa halter constructed in accordance with myinvention. Fig. 2 representsthe same applied to a horse. Fig. 3 is an elevation of a portion of thehalter. Fig. 4 is a section on the line to x of Fig. 3; Fig. 5, detail.

My invention has for its object to enable me to produce at a very lowcost a strong and durable halter, which can also, if desired, be madeadjustable to fit horses of different sizes; and my invention consistsina halter composed of a crown-piece andanose-piece,the four ends of whichare broughttogether at a point which comes immediately beneath the chinof the horse, where they are connected by means of loops to a loopformed at the end of the hitching rope or strap, or to a ring to whichthe hitching rope or strap is attached.

My invention also consists in providing the loop at the inner end of thehitching rope or strap, to which the crown and nose pieces are secured,with an adjustable clamping or holdin g device, whereby the length ofthe loop can be varied to adjust the halter to fit horses of differentsizes.

In the said drawings, A represents the crownpiece of the halter, orthatportiou which passes over the top of the horses head, and B thenose-piece, each'formed of apiece of stout webbing. The four ends ac andI) Z: of thesepieces are brought together at a point which, when thehalter is in place upon the horse, comes immediately beneath his chin,as seen in Fig. 2, where they are connected by means of leather loops 0to a loop or eye, 61, formed at the inner end of the hitching or tierope or strap D. The leather loops 0 are preferably secured upon theends a b of the crown and nose pieces by means of malleable-iron platesand rivets e f, as shown in Fig. 4; but other means of fast ening may beemployed, if desired. ,Thecrownpiece and the nose piece are connectedtogether by side braces, g g, which prevent the halter from slipping outof place down the horses neck.

The inner end of the tie-rope D is held together to form the loop or eyed by means of a metallic clamping or holding device, E, which consistsof a transverse piece or bar, 71, having two apertures, 2 kthe formerfor confining the end of the rope, which is prevented from slippingthrough by a piece of wire, 10, and the latter for holding the runningportion of the rope, which also passes through an eye or ring, I,secured to the under side of the bar h in such a manner as to produce ashort bend in the rope, which preventsitfrom being pulled through theaperture la after the loop has been adjusted as required to vary thedistance apart of the ends a b.

When it is desired to vary the size of the loop (1 the rope must befirst pushed up through the eye I, so as to slacken it between thelatter and the bar h, when it can be freely drawn in either directionthrough the aperture by a straight pull.

I prefer to usetheabove-described clamping or holding device on accountof its cheapness and simplicity but any other suitable clampingorholding device maybe substituted therefor, if desired.

By thus changing the size of the loop (I at the inner end of the tierope or strap the distance apart of the ends a b of the crown and nosepieces A B may be varied, thus practically lengthening or shorteningthem and enabling the halter to be readily adjusted to fit 'as to enablethe usual throat-latch to be dispensed with, while the strain is alsobrought upon the crown-piece in such a direction that all liabilityofits slipping offthe headis avoided.

Instead of forming a loop or eye at the end of the hitching rope orstrap, as above described, a ring may be substituted therefor, and theends a b of the crown and nose pieces secured thereto by loops orotherwise, the hitching rope or strap being attached to the ring; but insuch case the halter will not be adjustable, although the advantagesincident to the connecting together of the crown and nose pieces at acommon point immediately be.

neath the horses chin will be retained' A halter constructed as abovedescribed is exceedingly strong and durable, and can be manufacturedvery cheaply, as short waste pieces of leather can be utilized, whichcan be cut out with dies by the employment of very cheap labor.

hat 1 claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-- 1. In a halter, the combination, with the crown-piece A andnose-piece B, having their four ends a a b I) brought together at apoint coming immediately beneath the chin of the horse, of the fourloops 0 for connecting the crown-piece and nose-piece to a loop or ringat the inner end of the hitching rope or strap D, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

nose-piece B, and the hitchingrope or strap D,

united as described, of the clamping or holding device E, consisting ofthe bar h, with its apertures i k, and the eye or ring 1, arranged toproduce immediately under the bar a short bend in the rope or strap, toprevent it from being pulled through the aperture it when adjustedtherein, substantially as set forth.

VVituess my hand this 28th day of March, A. D. 1881.

CHARLES H. TROTT.

In presence of- P. E. TESCHEMAOHER, W. J. CAMBRIDGE.

